Daniel Greek announces plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

Mississippi State backup quarterback Daniel Greek announced on his Twitter page on Sunday evening that he plans to officially enter the NCAA Transfer Portal. In 2021, he redshirted his initial year with the Bulldogs program. Coming out of Liberty Christian High School (Argyle, Texas), Greek was rated as a three-star prospect and the No. 84 quarterback in America for the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus Rankings.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

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— Daniel Greek (@DanielGreek12) December 5, 2022

He wrote, “First, I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is by his grace that I have made it to this point, and I will continue to trust him with my future. I also want to thank my family for all their love and support on this journey.”

“Next, I would like to thank Coach Leach and my amazing coaching staff here at Mississippi State for pushing me to be the man and player I am today. To my teammates, thank you for being my brothers and encouraging me to give my all for the Maroon and White. I love you all and it has been an honor competing together. To the MSU fans, thank you for welcoming me and making me a part of the Bulldog family. I can genuinely say that I have given my very best to this program these past two years and I look forward to what God has in store for me and my future. With that being said, I look forward to the next chapter and will be entering my name into the transfer portal with three years of eligibility remaining. Daniel Greek #3. Galatians 2:20 Proverbs 3:5-6″

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database, and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer must be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018, and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.